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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Tea anyone?

Congratulations to "Kim A.", the winner in Robyn's giveaway. Thank you to all who participated!

I’m so happy to stop by JCR
to tell you a little bit about a fabulous boxset on sale right now for pennies.
The Emerald Springs Legacy Collection
contains all five books in the series, each written by a different author. The
series is a sexy, small town contemporary with a lot of heart, humor, and tea!

And it was a total blast
to be part of this continuity collaboration that was the brain-child of Nicole
Flockton. We created a Facebook group and Pinterest Board to collaborate, share
information, and keep it all straight. No detail was ignored like Elley Arden’s
hero, Chad Whitman, drives his Jeep with Indie Rock blaring; or Holley Trent’s
heroine, Colleen Sanders has quite the colorful collection of rain boots. Tea
is obviously a big part of this series as the Whitman’s run a tea farm. Monica
Tillery named all of our teas, and she did a fabulous job! (And she wrote the
first book, building the world that the rest of us played in.)

Below you’ll find an
excerpt from Ashley’s Allegiance, the final book in the series written by me.
The boxset is still available at all e-retailers including Amazon and Barnes & Noble for under a dollar. Grab it before it’s gone!

Giveaway

If you could
name a tea, what would you call it? Leave a comment for a chance to win an
electronic copy from my backlist.

immediately relaxed her.
It had always been her favorite treatment, and somehow being

in here in the romantic
candlelight with an unsuspecting Graham made it that much more

fun. She snuck up behind
him and placed her hands on his shoulders and began to rub.

Needling his neck, she
grabbed a handful of mud and exfoliated his back.

Wow. She knew he had a
dark tan from working in his tea fields, but his shoulders

were so broad and
muscular. She hadn’t realized this. His business suits always made him

appear a little on the
lanky side, but he was, without a doubt, solid. A definite bonus. Now all

he needed to do was turn
around and wrap his tight biceps around her.

Without saying a word, he
cocked his head to the side, which she took as a nonverbal

approval to her teasing
his pressure points. If this was what he liked, she’d happily

oblige. “Just thought you
could use some help,” she breathed and swirled some of the

mud across his back. “You
know green tea mud is very arou—”

“Ashley?” She turned
around and her mouth flew open.

Standing in front of her
was Graham. Dressed in a black business suit, lanky arms and

all.

She pushed back. “What the
hell?”

The mud-caked stranger
she’d just rubbed down turned around and pulled out his

earbuds. “Jacob?”

This wasn’t happening.

“I think I'll leave you
two alone.” Graham turned to leave.

“Wait! You have this all
wrong.” Ashley attempted to get out of the tub. She

slipped and fell face
first into the mud. Jacob’s muddy hands went immediately to her

waist, pulling her up.

She fought to free herself
from him and regain her composure. “Don't touch me,” she

yelled. “Graham, I can
explain.”

“I’ll be at the coffee bar
working.” He exited, and Ashley turned to Jacob, ready to let

him have it.

He inched closer, his
mud-crusted chest looking just as inviting as his back had. Any

verbal combat she planned
to launch had decided to ignore her orders and ceased fire.

Jacob touched her cheek
with the back of his hand, flinging some mud away. That

single stroke sent a
shiver down her spine.

He leaned in and her mouth
parted. Ashley’s inner voice sent her a blaring warning

message.

Enemy’s lips approaching.
Move the hell back.

She ignored it.

Her gaze rested on the
candle flames flickering over his beautiful, full lips. She really

should be chasing after
Graham, not waiting for Jacob’s mouth to press up against hers.

But for reasons she
couldn’t explain, there was no place she’d rather be.

Jacob moved his mouth to
her ear. “Thanks for the back rub. You should probably go

talk to your boyfriend.”
He turned and stepped out of the tub, giving her full view of his

naked backside before
disappearing into the adjoining shower.

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